Anthony “AJ” Ross, a student researcher, a 2024 Shapiro Student in the Ralphe Research Group, and a second-year medical student at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, received the “Best Medical Student Presentation” …
Cardiology
New Faculty Focus: Jesse Boyett Anderson
Q&A with Jesse Boyett Anderson, MD, MS, assistant professor, Division of Cardiology Hometown: I grew up on both coasts (California, Oregon, Georgia, and Rhode Island) and now consider Middleton, Wisconsin, my home. Educational/professional background: I …
Amy Peterson begins term as chair-elect of national committee focused on cardiovascular disease prevention
The American Heart Association Young Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Committee is charged with advocacy for heart health policy for all young people, education of health care team members and the public surrounding heart health in young people, …
After 20 years of ‘collaboration and synergy’ with the Division of Cardiology, Kathleen Maginot will step into retirement
When she was asked to join the Department of Pediatrics faculty in 2003, Kathleen Maginot, MD, now associate professor in the Division of Cardiology and associate director of its fellowship program, had already established herself …
UW Health Transplant Center celebrates first pediatric heart transplant
In August 2023, Sezar, a young boy from Rockford, Illinois, became the first patient to receive a transplant through the pediatric heart transplant program at the UW Health Transplant Center. Following the transplant surgery, Sezar spent three …
2023 Shapiro Summer Research Program student Amy Frenkel wins Excellence in Student Research Award
Amy Frenkel, a second-year medical student at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, received the Excellence in Student Research Award at the 22nd Annual Medical Student Research Forum last month. Forty students were …
UW School of Medicine and Public Health students volunteer at camp for children with heart disease
Since 2002, Camp Odayin has provided a fun, supportive, and adventurous sleep-away camp experience for children with heart disease and their families. The environment is safe and inclusive, provides a sense of community, and helps …
Carter Ralphe will serve second term on AHA National Advocacy Coordinating Committee
J. Carter Ralphe, MD, professor and chief, Division of Cardiology, was selected to serve a second term on the American Heart Association’s (AHA) National Advocacy Coordinating Committee (ACC). The ACC sets advocacy policy for the …
UW Health Transplant Center launches pediatric heart transplant program
Last month, UW Health announced a new pediatric heart transplant program at American Family Children’s Hospital. The new program makes the UW Health Transplant Center one of only six centers in the nation — and …
Ann Dodge, initiator of the pediatric preventive cardiology clinic, will retire in May
After nearly 43 years of health care service, primarily within UW Health, Ann Dodge, NP, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, will step away from her pediatric patients and their parents, her close colleagues, and her students …